NEW YORK — Dan Hurley sat behind a basket at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night watching one of his former players compete for his alma mater in the Big East tournament.

Eugene Harvey and Seton Hall lost to Notre Dame in the second round, but Hurley still has plenty of horses in the race.

Six former Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep players are on Big East rosters, and five of them were active for the tournament. Cincinnati junior guard Rashad Bishop was suspended from the tournament by the team for violating team rules.

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Citing multiple sources “in the athletic department, on the board of trustees and in the booster sector,” the New York Post is reporting that St. John’s coach Norm Roberts will be let go after the season ends.

NEW YORK -- As he walked through a Madison Square Garden hallway on his way to what may turn out to be his final press conference as the head basketball coach at St. John’s, Norm Roberts passed a photo of Chris Mullin and Bill Wennington.

The two players were smiling and holding up the 1983 Big East championship trophy on the Garden floor, a reminder of St. John’s glory days.

The photograph was in black and white, but Roberts’ future is tinged with gray.

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**And here’s the story on Seton Hall’s 68-56 loss to Notre Dame. Mike Brey says the Pirates still merit NCAA tournament consideration.

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In the wake of Rutgers’ season-ending loss to Cincinnati Tuesday in the Big East tournament,the future of head coach Fred Hill hangs in the balance.

Tim Pernetti, the first-year Rutgers athletic director, said Wednesday he plans to evaluate Hill’s status going forward.

“As I do with all of our head coaches, Fred and I will sit down to discuss the season and our program in the near future,” Pernetti said in a statement sent by email.

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**UPDATE: The Sun Sentinel is reporting that Knight has cut Miami from his list and has added Syracuse.**

Brandon Knight’s parents would like him to attend Kentucky while Knight himself is more inclined to stay local, multiple sources close to the situation said.

“The parents like UK. Brandon likes the idea of staying local, but he’s definitely not opposed to going away,” one source said.

A second source with direct knowledge of the situation went so far as to say Knight’s parents had already made up their mind in favor of Kentucky.

“You’re right,” the source said. “Do I think they made up their mind already? Yes, I do. It’s hard for me to believe they’ll stay locally.” Read more…

Josh Selby will announce his college decision right here in the Big Apple during the Jordan Brand Classic April 17.

The 6-2 senior point guard from Baltimore (Md.) Lake Clifton lists Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona and UConn as his final four, but Tennessee coaches Bruce Pearl and Steve Forbes recently went to watch him play.

“At one time Josh was going to announce his decision when he finished his visits,” Selby’s mother, Maeshon Witherspoon, told Rivals.com. “Now we are waiting ’til the Jordan Game, so we can see how all the teams play in the tournament. It has nothing to do with us being concerned with what Brandon [Knight] is doing.” Read more…

NEW YORK – Seton Hall remains alive in the Big East tournament and alive for an NCAA tournament berth.

But they didn’t make it easy on themselves.

The No. 10 Pirates blew a 29-point second-half lead and advanced to the second round of the Big East with a 109-106 victory over No. 15 Providence after Friars freshman Duke Mondy missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.

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**Brendan Prunty has a good story about Seton Hall guard Keon Lawrence and how his off-the-court issues contributed to a disappointing season.

**Lance Stephenson hit the game-winning foul shot to lift Cincinnati to a 69-68 victory over Rutgers, which faces an uncertain future.

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NEW YORK – The storylines surrounding UConn coach Jim Calhoun and St. John’s coach Norm Roberts were intriguing even before their two teams squared off Tuesday in the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.

How close is the aging and ailing Calhoun to the end of his own career? What’s left in the cupboard at UConn after this season to motivate him to stay?

Could the embattled Roberts save his job with a late-season run at Madison Square Garden? How far would he have to take the Red Storm in the Big East to do so?

Those questions became even more pronounced after the No. 13 Red Storm put a 73-51 beat-down on the No. 12 Huskies to advance to a second-round date with Marquette Wednesday.

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**Click the Video Player at right for St. John’s-UConn highlights.

**Wesley Johnson and Lance Stephenson honored by the Big East. Read the story here.

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Branden Frazier, a 6-foot-3 guard considered one of the top ten players in New York City, verbally committed to Hofstra Monday night.

Frazier chose Hofstra over Southern Illinois, Kent State, La Salle and Fordham.

Frazier is averaging 14.7 points for Loughlin, which plays Wednesday in the CHSAA Class ‘AA’ Intersectional semifinals. Read more…

Lance Brown and three of his Fordham teammates spent Monday morning asking athletic director Frank McLaughlin to make Jared Grasso the school’s full-time basketball coach.

Brown, Chris Gaston, Alberto Estwick and Brenton Butler have put their full support behind Grasso, the school’s interim coach.

“We’ve been responding well even though we haven’t been winning,” Brown, a 6-foot-3 freshman from Teaneck, N.J., said Tuesday morning by phone. “We’re comfortable with him and we’re responding well to him.”

Fordham finished the season 2-26 overall, 0-18 in the Atlantic 10. Brown said McLaughlin and the University will likely decide on a new coach “in the next 2-3 weeks.” Read more…